Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
DECLARATION OF AN APPROVED WILDLIFE TRADE OPERATION –
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAKES AND COORONG FISHERY, OCTOBER 2024
I, JESSICA HOEY, Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section as Delegate of the Minister for the Environment and Water, hereby vary under paragraph 303FT(7)(b) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) the declaration of an approved wildlife trade operation dated 15 November 2023 for the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery, as defined in the management regime in force under the Fisheries Management Act 2007 (SA) and Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA); Fisheries Management (Lakes and Coorong Fishery) Regulations 2009 (SA); and the Management Plan for the South Australian Commercial Lakes and Coorong Fishery 2022, such that the condition specified in the Schedule to that declaration is varied as follows:
Replace the following condition:
Condition 6
The Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia must, by 28 February 2025, develop and implement a formal recovery strategy for greenback flounder, including appropriate management measures to minimise the impact from fishing, accounting for the environmental conditions known to affect the species. The Department of Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia will also investigate any information gaps identified in the development of the recovery strategy.
With the following amended condition:
Condition 6
In collaboration with relevant stakeholders, the South Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regions must investigate potential adaptive management options for Greenback Flounder taken in the Lakes and Coorong Fishery including consideration of environmental impacts on Greenback Flounder stock, and report on its progress to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 28 February 2025.
Dated this 01 day of October 2024
JESSICA HOEY
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Delegate of the Minister for the Environment
Notes:
- Under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person whose interests are affected by this decision may apply for a statement of reasons and for independent review of the decision. An application for a statement of reasons may be made in writing to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water within 28 days of the date of the declaration. An application for independent review may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on payment of the relevant fee within 28 days of the date of the declaration, or if reasons are sought, within 28 days of receipt of reasons. Further information may be obtained from the Director, Sustainable Fisheries Section, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Email: sustainablefisheries@dcceew.gov.au.
2. Australia’s obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are met through Part 13A of the EPBC Act. Specimens of species listed in Appendix II of Australia’s CITES list under section 303CA of the EPBC Act may only be exported, under a CITES export permit issued under the EPBC Act, if Australia’s CITES Scientific Authority has issued a non-detriment finding for that species. Further information, including a list of species for which non detriment findings have been issued and the fisheries from which they may be sourced, is available from https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/wildlife-trade/cites.